There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.

The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.

Happiness is the most important thing in the world, without it, you live a life of depression.